March 5 : Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas has escaped a five-place grid penalty for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after a change to Formula One's sporting regulations removed a drop he had yet to serve from 2024. The Finn collected the penalty in his last race for Sauber at the end of 2024 for causing a collision with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen in what was to be the Dane's final race in Formula One. Bottas, a 10-times race winner, then sat out the 2025 season as Mercedes reserve before